Research Article

Pre- and Postcopulatory Traits of Salvator Male Lizards in Allopatry and Sympatry

Table 3

Comparison between species in sympatry.

Traitsd.f. value

SVL (cm)1.272.7850.1067
PMM1.260.1040.7501
70.7650.0001
TM1.265.830.0231
7.970.009
Sperm concentration (106 cell/mL)1.160.743
Head length (m)1.160.8602
Midpiece length (m)1.160.0013
Flagellum length (m)1.160.016
Total sperm length (m)1.160.0974
Flagellum/midpiece ratio1.160.0385
Straight line velocity (m/s)1.150.5354

Species effect, covariate effect.